Double Headed Nickel

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You can't lose!

The classic DOUBLE SIDED COIN! This is a real U.S. nickel, machined so that both sides are "HEADS". A really sneaky way to win a bet every time!

We also carry a Two Sided Quarter, with your choice of "HEADS" or "TAILS" and a Two Sided Half Dollar (see below).

Coin only- no routines or instructions are included.

Here's what you'll get:

one double headed nickel coin

no instructions

Coin only- you supply the trick or routine.

History and Trivia:

This is an old trick! The Two-Headed Coin was written up in the classic book, The Discoverie of Witchcraft, in 1584.

Prior to the introduction of the "nickel", five-cent pieces were made of silver and were called half-dimes. After the Civil War, silver was in short supply, so the coin was changed to a copper/nickel alloy. Thus the term "nickel" came to be used.

According to a March 12, 2012 article in the Wall Street Journal, it now costs the U.S. Treasury Department 11.2 cents to manufacture a nickel coin.

Is it illegal to use real US coins to make magic tricks? According to the U.S. Treasury F.A.Q., the answer is- No.It is only illegal to alter a US coin with the intention of spending it as if it were a coin of a different value.From the official U.S. Treasury website: "Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who 'fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States.' This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it [in a monetary transaction in trade for goods or services] to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the U.S. Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent."